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*(Pictures from left to right) 1. A women's rally in Istanbul celebrating International Women's Day; 2. Women bake bread in a traditional oven in south-eastern Turkey ahead of the spring festival of Nowruz - the Farsi word for New Year; 3. Parts of the UK being battered by rain and fierce winds; 4. Plans have been revealed to build a massive pyramid, filled with human remains, on a windswept field near the city of Dessau, eastern Germany; 5.The CND sign which is 50 years old is based on semaphore for N(uclear) and D(isarmament) but it also signifies human despair; 6. Attendance at a Buddhist temple in Japan has increased since the temple's pet, a two-year-old dog, has joined in the daily prayers.